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Town Hall Gets Go-Ahead on ADA Renovations

North Haven received a $750,000 grant to make Town Hall ADA compliant.

After months of waiting, North Haven was awarded a $750,000 Small Cities grant to make Memorial Town Hall compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The ADA accessibility guidelines the town will try and fulfill can be read here

In a statement released today by the Governor's Office, 28 CT towns were awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Taken together, the grants sum to $12,342,000, and aim to cushion strapped municipal budgets for infrastructure, the creation of community facilities, affordable housing, and other related projects.

North Haven's allocation at $750,000 is the highest total for a single town given out this year.

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“For most Connecticut towns and smaller cities, budgets are stretched thin but their infrastructure needs and the housing needs of their residents haven’t diminished,” said the Governor. “That’s why the Small Cities program—and the federal grants the program awards—are so critical.  The funding is key to these communities and their efforts to improve the lives of residents through housing programs and community projects.”

The full list of grant recipients is as follows:

 

New Fairfield — $300,000

Funding will continue the town’s Housing Rehabilitation Program to help income-eligible applicants rehabilitate and preserve the housing units they occupy.  The town expects to assist 10 units/households.

 

North Canaan — $700,000

The town plans to rehabilitate 40 units of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income seniors.  Renovations will include site work, fire alarm system replacement, ADA improvements in community buildings, and a major renovation to make two units fully handicap accessible.

 

North Haven — $750,000

Funds will be used to make a number of ADA improvements in the town hall, making town offices more accessible to the elderly and disabled by removing architectural barriers that may impede their use of the public facility. 

 

Plainville — $300,000

Funding will continue the town’s housing rehabilitation program.  Twenty-five housing units are expected to be renovated for code deficiencies, energy upgrades and mold and lead abatement.

 

Portland — $560,000

Portland will use the funding to renovate Quarry Heights, a 70-unit rental housing project for the elderly and disabled.  Funds will be used to renovate kitchen cabinets, the fire alarm system, and common stairwells.

 

Rocky Hill — $700,000

The town will use its funding to renovate Willow Road Senior Housing, a 40-unit rental senior housing project.  Renovations will include electrical upgrades, energy and weatherization improvements, installation of four new gas boilers, and replacement of kitchen and bathroom cabinets. 

 

Seymour — $500,000

The town will address infrastructure improvements on Brother’s Court and Chamberlain Road.  Improvements include reconstruction of sanitary sewer laterals, drainage improvements, and road reconstruction.

 

Shelton — $300,000

The city requested its funding to address housing rehabilitation needs, primarily in the downtown/Howe Avenue area. 

 

Sprague — $700,000                       

Sprague plans to renovate Shetucket Village Senior Housing in downtown Baltic.  Improvements include ADA and other upgrades, and the expansion of one unit to make it handicapped accessible.

 

Stafford — $300,000

Funding will continue the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program to help low- and moderate-income homeowners rehabilitate their homes.  Twelve housing units are anticipated to be rehabilitated.  Upgrades include roof replacement, heating systems, window replacement, lead paint and asbestos removal, electrical and code upgrades.

 

Stonington — $542,000                   

The housing authority plans to renovate the Edythe K. Richmond Senior Housing complex through site improvements to Fisk Drive, as well as roof repairs and handicap accessibility and bathroom improvements in some units.

 

Thomaston — $125,000

Funding will be used to recapitalize the town’s housing rehabilitation program.  The town will focus its efforts on correcting code violations and making energy efficiency upgrades.

 

Wallingford — $700,000

The town will use its funding to renovate Ulbrich Heights, an 88-unit family rental housing project, and Southside Terrace, an elderly housing complex with 40 units.  Funds will be used at Ulbrich Heights to replace the roofs and correct basement flooding issues and at Southside Terrace to install a new fire alarm system.

 

Watertown — $300,000

Watertown plans to continue its housing rehabilitation program to provide deferred loans to income eligible households living in substandard housing.  Funds will be used to correct identified deficiencies in approximately 18 units.

 

Windham — $300,000                     

Windham’s funding will continue its housing rehabilitation program.  The town anticipates approximately 10 units of low- and moderate-income units will be renovated.

 

Windsor Locks — $500,000

Funding will be used to reconstruct Pearl Street and Fern Street in the northeast section of town.  This will improve the general condition of the streets as well as the storm drainage capacity.


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